New Contracts?

[Mister E]

He played well for England last night, which is - if anything - just going to make the negotiations harder.

An understatement there, Mr Nuts.
If - as I read in the online torygraph yesterday - the club are going to offer an extra £5k a week to Delph (from £40 to 45k) I suspect he will say: "thanks for the support over the last 3-4 years, but I'm off".
If the club get serious with him then I think he'll stay.

Either way, this should have happened over the close season.
Mad.

How on earth would the torygraph have that level of detail. Do people believe this bollocks?

However the point does stand that the club will struggle to get him into a new deal without putting him into the Upper bracket level of wages for the clubs better players.

That was my point **smiley thing**

[Toronto Villa]

Well if it's Gabby I'm not too fussed at the moment. I'd like him to sign a new deal, but Delph, Grealish and Vlaar are much bigger priorities.

I think those are coming Paul. I think Grealish will realize he's in a good spot for his career and get paid accordingly. Delph has always struck as incredibly level headed, appreciative and loyal and I think he'll sign a new deal. Vlaar, not so sure.

[Dante Lavelli]

If Albrighton can get £40k a week at Leicester then I think Delph could easily demand £80k-week as a free transfer.
Would people offer him that?  ...and more to the point what would they have realistically offered him the season before last?

[Shrek]

45k to 50k is a good offer for Delph

On terms with Benteke.

If he wants more, then he can leave. We have just spent years getting over paying people too much.

[PaulWinch again]

45k to 50k is a good offer for Delph

On terms with Benteke.

If he wants more, then he can leave. We have just spent years getting over paying people too much.

No we've spent years getting over paying the wrong players too much. Delph is our best midfielder and is now an England international, he deserves a big pay increase.

[Hoppo]

Delph and Vlaar due to sign new contracts imminently. Twitter rumours. Gregg Evans from Mail has tweeted good news coming out of Villa Park later.

[paul_e]

45k to 50k is a good offer for Delph

On terms with Benteke.

If he wants more, then he can leave. We have just spent years getting over paying people too much.

No we've spent years getting over paying the wrong players too much. Delph is our best midfielder and is now an England international, he deserves a big pay increase.

The issue is we can't offer him loads more than Benteke/Vlaar/Guzan earn or we'll have to give them a bump up as well, that knock-om effect, left unchecked, leads to Habib Beye on 40k a week to not even make the bench.

[villabear]

Gabby signs four year deal then

[Dave]

45k to 50k is a good offer for Delph

On terms with Benteke.

If he wants more, then he can leave. We have just spent years getting over paying people too much.

No we've spent years getting over paying the wrong players too much. Delph is our best midfielder and is now an England international, he deserves a big pay increase.

The issue is we can't offer him loads more than Benteke/Vlaar/Guzan earn or we'll have to give them a bump up as well, that knock-om effect, left unchecked, leads to Habib Beye on 40k a week to not even make the bench.

Agreed. I'd say that it's also pretty hard to say he "deserves a big pay increase". He was signed in the O'Neill contract days and was given new terms under Houllier (if I remember rightly) when we were still handing out silly contracts.

I'd put money that Delph is already amongst our top earners at the moment, so whether we can justify "deserves a big pay increase" on top of that is up for debate.

[Ron Manager]

Today Gabriel Agbonlahor is reported to have signed a new four year contract!  Will this club ever learn. A one year maybe but four years. Its
mind blowing.

[villabear]

Is there an echo on here?

[dekko]

So Gabby has his new four year deal.  I'm happy to have him around because i like him and he can still be very useful when used correctly (ie against teams that will push up and leave a lot of space) but given his inconsistency and our lack of money I hope he's taken a pay cut.

[PaulWinch again]

Well let's hope he rewards us for giving him a long term deal, now Villa sign Delph, Grealish and Vlaar.

[villabear]

Makes sense I think. Considering buying a replacement when his contract is up would probably cost us god knows how much these days. Jordan Rhodes untried in The Preemier League (c Doug) being touted for £12-14 million and Shane Long going for £12 million.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Gabby signs four year deal then

Excellent news.